Bhutan is a small country located on the slopes of the Himalayas, which is an area characterized by frequent earthquakes due to the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates; despite there’s no record of earthquakes greater than 7 magnitudes in the twentieth century, the country appears to be in an area at risk and with a high probability of having other earthquakes of greater intensity in the future. Furthermore, the climatic conditions, the difficult environment and the predisposition to natural disasters put the population and its housing to frequent tests. Nowadays, it is not very hard to find buildings constructed of reinforced concrete in the urban areas of the country; on the contrary, in the rural ones, where the majority of the population reside, the buildings are constructed of raw earth or stone.